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  • Young Shakespeare’s Young Hamlet

    Print, Piracy, and Performance

    by T. Bourus ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The different versions of Hamlet constitute one of the most vexing puzzles in Shakespeare studies. In this groundbreaking work, Shakespeare scholar Terri Bourus argues that this puzzle can only be solved by drawing on multiple kinds of evidence and analysis, including book and theatre history, biography, performance studies, and close readings. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Shakespeare and the First Hamlet

    Edited by Terri Bourus ...
    Series Book 9 - Shakespeare &
    The first edition of Hamlet – often called ‘Q1’, shorthand for ‘first quarto’ – was published in 1603, in what we might regard as the early modern equivalent of a cheap paperback. Yet this early version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is becoming increasingly canonical, not because there is universal agreement about what it is or what it means, but because more and more Shakespearians agree that ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Measure for Measure

    The New Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare, Emma Whipday, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.' Can one life be measured against another? Can a woman's body be measured against a man's life? Can consensual sex be measured against rape? Measure for Measure explores these questions through a series of substitutions: Angelo deputises for the Duke, who disguises himself to spy on his subjects; corrupt Angelo demands that almost-nun Isabella gives her ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Titus Andronicus

    The New Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.' In Shakespeare's first tragedy, Titus Andronicus, the Roman general Titus incurs the wrath of the Queen of the Goths when he enslaves her and kills one of her sons. The shocking violence of her revenge and his retaliation earn Titus its reputation as Shakespeare's bloodiest play. This New Oxford Shakespeare ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    The New Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'I have had a most rare vision.' A Midsummer Night's Dream evokes images of fairies, dreams, changeling children, and actors being transformed into asses. But is the play as ethereal as these associations suggest? Varsha Panjwani argues that it a rare work of art that is both hilarious and profound, dream and nightmare, submissive and yet subversive. She demonstrates how this play uses dreams as a ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Winter's Tale

    New Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'It is required You do awake your faith' Variously seen as a romance, a comedy, and a tragic fairytale, The Winter's Tale is a radical experiment with genre, character, and storytelling towards the end of Shakespeare's career as a playwright. Addressing key cultural, religious, and theatrical contexts, this edition's introduction explores the play's preoccupation with fiction and game-play, its ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Creation and Re-Creation of Cardenio

    Performing Shakespeare, Transforming Cervantes

    Edited by T. Bourus, G. Taylor ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Did Shakespeare really join John Fletcher to write Cardenio, a lost play based on Don Quixote? With an emphasis on the importance of theatrical experiment, a script and photos from Gary Taylor's recent production, and essays by respected early modern scholars, this book will make a definitive statement about the collaborative nature of Cardenio. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Arden of Faversham

    The New Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'He must leave to live that we may love' Arden of Faversham is based on the murder of Thomas Arden in Faversham in 1551 by his wife, Alice. The play depicts Alice Arden's increasingly desperate attempts to kill her husband so as to be with her lover, Mosby. It is a collaborative play, but also Shakespeare's earliest 'domestic tragedy'. Complete with explanatory notes, a full chronology, and ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Hamlet

    by William Shakespeare ...
    The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's incomparable tragic play."To be, or not to be: that is the question"There is arguably no work of fiction quoted as often as William Shakespeare's Hamlet. This haunting tragedy of a troubled Danish prince devoted to avenging his father's death has captivated audiences for centuries.This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes:• ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • This Is Shakespeare

    How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright

    by Emma Smith ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'The best introduction to the plays I've read, perhaps the best book on Shakespeare, full stop' Alex Preston, Observer'It makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary MantelA genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Shakespeare After All

    by Marjorie Garber ...
    A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work.Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronological sequence, from The Two ... Read more

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  • Much Ado About Nothing

    by William Shakespeare ...
    The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's grand romantic comedy.Much Ado About Nothing casts the lovers Benedick and Beatrice in a witty war of words while the young Claudio is tricked into believing his love Hero has been unfaithful in this play that combines robust humor with explorations on honor and shame.This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as:• An ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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